A Consortium Based Project to Improve Science Education in Appalachia: Equiping Laboratories

学院学者计划(FSP)网络是一个计算机系统网络，旨在为许多阿巴拉契亚学院的教师提供电子邮件和文件传输设施，作为一种帮助他们与肯塔基大学和其他主要研究机构保持联系的手段。这个由NSF资助的项目提供了设备，使FSP网络中的计算机可以用于阿巴拉契亚地区五所学院的教学计划，特别是计算机科学和数学。这笔赠款由肯塔基大学的学院学者计划管理，并向成员学校提供终端和打印机，以便与FSP网络设备一起用于特定的教学项目。这些项目的成果通过网络传播；在一所学校完成的项目通常也适用于其他学校。通过利用现有的网络和已经存在的计算机系统以及既定的软件支持手段，可以在有限的预算内将多用户最先进的计算系统添加到几所大学的教学计划中。每所学校都从网络中其他学校的努力中受益匪浅。国家科学基金会的设备补助资金与非联邦来源的资金相匹配。

The Faculty Scholars Program (FSP) Network is a network of computing systems set up in order to provide electronic mail and file transfer facilities for faculty at a number of Appalachian Colleges, as a means of helping them to maintain contacts with the University of Kentucky and other major research institutions.This NSF-funded project provides equipment which allows computers in the FSP Network to be used in five Appalachian colleges' instructional programs, especially in computer science and mathematics. The grant is managed by the Faculty Scholars Program at the University of Kentucky, and provides terminals and printers to member schools for use with the FSP Network equipment for specific instructional projects. Results of these projects are disseminated by means of the network; projects done at one school are typically applicable at the other schools.By taking advantage of an existing network and already existing computer systems with an established means of software support, it is possible with a limited budget to add multi-user state-of-the- art computing systems to the instructional programs of several colleges. Each school benefits substantially from the efforts of the other schools in the network.NSF grant funds for equipment are being matched with funds from non-federal sources.